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Originally Posted by Ray_Rogers
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Originally Posted by dallywhitty:
I lol'ed.
Anyway, I watched Psycho on Blu-ray yesterday. Do folks really think it looks good? To my eye, it looked like a typical Universal transfer: over-sharpened up the wazoo.
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Needs a proper 4K transfer with similar end results of SPARTACUS: 55th Anniversary/Restoration Edition. Goes for the majority of Hitchcock films released via Universal too. |
To paraphrase Adam West, truer words were never spoken.
In addition to a right and proper 4K scan, I wish Universal would include the full-screen version as an option. Hitchcock filmed
Psycho with his TV crew from
Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Because of the content of the film he wasn't sure it would get much of a theatrical release and may have thought a cut-down version for television would turn out to be the venue for
Psycho. So while composing for widescreen he carefully, meticulously filled the frame with additional top and bottom information for television. The TV-safe version is a legitimate alternate of
Psycho. There needs to be discussion about it, frankly.